Political parties harming concept of local councils
Friday, 27 March 2015, 08:07
Last update: about 10 years ago
Stephen Calleja
We’ve been hearing it for the past few weeks and, no doubt, we’ll continue to hear it until we vote in the local councils election on 11 April – for the Labour Party, all Labour-led...
The shaming minister
Friday, 27 March 2015, 07:56
Last update: about 10 years ago
Claudette Buttigieg
Almost half the cabinet, including the Prime Minister, squeezed into the photos and film footage of the signing of a deal to open a second medical school in Malta. But one man was squeezed out:...
The prime minister joins the campaign
Thursday, 26 March 2015, 08:10
Last update: about 10 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
The prime minister made his first real foray into the Yes campaign last weekend, sticking his neck out on behalf of those who want to carry on shooting birds in the breeding season. This despite his...
The Church in ‘r/evolution’ mode
Wednesday, 25 March 2015, 07:51
Last update: about 10 years ago
Andrew Azzopardi
After the mini-coup d'état that partially led, definitely speeded-up, the retirement of now Archbishop Emeritus Pawlu Cremona, the local church had to wait for five months of deliberation...
St Luke’s Hospital
Tuesday, 24 March 2015, 08:56
Last update: about 10 years ago
Simon Mercieca
Last week, the Prime Minister announced his intention to reopen St Luke’s as a hospital to be used for gerontology. I am sure that this is a wise decision for this building. It was a big mistake...
Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime - Aristotle
Tuesday, 24 March 2015, 07:50
Last update: about 10 years ago
Gejtu Vella
Poverty, the poverty trap, at risk of poverty and social exclusion are terms which are used frequently. I am certain that, on most occasions, people unfortunately do not give the importance this...
Cinderella
Monday, 23 March 2015, 08:02
Last update: about 10 years ago
Marlene Farrugia
"Just living is not enough" said the butterfly fairy, "one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower." - Hans Christian Anderson I was a lucky child and my childhood was a...
The new medical school: another gas-fired power station
Sunday, 22 March 2015, 10:59
Last update: about 10 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
It looks like the new medical school project is going to turn out to be another gas-fired power station – and it doesn’t help that the minister in charge is the same one. The school...
Why there will be no Sp-exit, and maybe not even PIIGS
Sunday, 22 March 2015, 10:43
Last update: about 10 years ago
Noel Grima
I can summarise and simplify what I intend to write about today by saying that there is one overarching reason why some countries will not follow Greece down the road to perdition: Greece is governed...
Empowering the third sector
Sunday, 22 March 2015, 10:38
Last update: about 10 years ago
Jenny Pullicino Orlando
The Third Sector is comprised of mutuals, cooperatives, associations, charities and voluntary organisations, amongst others, to generate opportunities for what is known as volunteerism. No, I...